Yep... seems to me Microsoft could easily make the problem go away... I can't see why it would make a bit of difference if the majority of the updates took a few weeks to download. Seems to me like it would be better for pretty much everyone involved.
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > Limelight. > I have a 10MB pcap file. > > It's not hard to crush a 3mb connection though, so I'm not sure how > important this case is going to be. I wish msoft's updater would look at > average throughput over the first 5 minutes of an update, then limit itself > to half of that. If they did that, I would never even know the updates > were running. Or just limit non-critical updates to 128kbps. It might > take 10 weeks to finish, but would I really care? Or for Pete's sake just > let me configure a limit of my choosing. > > Anyway, I do appreciate you taking the effort to look for answers at the > CDN level. Just seems to me that Microsoft could easily make the problem > not exist. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 7/12/2017 8:59:28 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Microsoft Updates Thrashing Connections > > Oh, that's unlikely to be of significant help, but I can check. What is > the CDN it's connected to? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, July 12, 2017 7:55:04 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Microsoft Updates Thrashing Connections > > Windows update is using my entire 3mbps connection right at this moment. > I have a pcap, but it's from my side and in this case i don't have access > to the provider side. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 7/11/2017 8:25:28 AM > Subject: [AFMUG] Microsoft Updates Thrashing Connections > > It's Patch Tuesday, so I figured I'd pop in to remind people that have > issues with Microsoft Updates to get packet captures of the problems at > least one level upstream of whatever device is doing the rate limiting. > When you have them, let me know so we can coordinate with whichever CDN and > Microsoft to look into why it is happening. > > We're specifically looking for times when there are dozens of TCP > connections open for the transfer or when the CDN is ignoring TCP norms and > sending more bits than the customer is limited to. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > > >
